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Griffin Olson
Karl Moore
15
Winner N.C. Wesleyan NCWBB 22-14
6
Piedmont PCM 15-15
Winner
N.C. Wesleyan NCWBB
22-14
15
Final
6
Piedmont PCM
15-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
N.C. Wesleyan NCWBB 0 2 6 3 0 3 0 1 0 15 20 1
Piedmont PCM 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 7 2

W: Nate Gardner (3-2) L: George, Seth (2-2)

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Baseball Drops Series Finale to N.C. Wesleyan 15-6 on Senior Day

Need to Know
Score: Piedmont 6, N.C. Wesleyan 15
Records: Lions 15-15, Battling Bishops 22-14
Conf. Records: Lions 5-10, Battling Bishops 11-7
Location: Demorest, Georgia - Loudermilk Field

Demorest, GA - On senior day for five Lions, the Piedmont College baseball team lost a 15-6 game in the series finale with North Carolina Wesleyan College. The five seniors, RILEY PRESNELL, P.J. DEJESUS, NATHAN HOLT, ZACH LANGLEY and GRIFFIN OLSON were all honored prior to first pitch for their accomplishments in the Green & Gold. 

The Battling Bishops took an early lead in the contest on a 2 RBI single in the second inning to lead 2-0, then a six-run third inning made it all NCWC making it 8-0. The Lions answered back in the bottom of the frame as GRIFFIN OLSON singled to score GRIFFIN CARACCIOLO then BRADY BALLSTADT connected on his fourth homerun of the season with a two-run shot. 

With an 8-3 lead, N.C. Wesleyan tacked on three more in the fourth inning extending the lead to 11-3 before a three-run shot in the sixth inning by Cedrick Kornegay made it 14-3. Kornegay was 5-for-6 in the contest with five RBI coming up a triple shy of the cycle. 

The Lions were able to plate three runs over the final four innings with a pair in the sixth and one in the eighth but the Battling Bishops held on for the 15-6 victory. 

Turning Point
--A six-run third inning for the Battling Bishops sealed the victory for N.C. Wesleyan as five of those runs were unearned. 

Standout Performances
--BRADY BALLSTADT had a pair of hits with a 2-run homerun and a triple in the contest. 

Inside the Box Score
--Each senior that played in the contest in the order recorded at least one hit (NATHAN HOLT, ZACH LANGLEY, GRIFFIN OLSON).

News & Notes
--Piedmont was out-hit in the contest 19-7. 

Up Next
--The Lions head to take on Birmingham-Southern on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m. in Alabama. 

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